Tuesday, July 15, 2014

One reason why American political dialog has become so unpleasant is that increasingly, everything
is a political issue. Matters that are life-and-death to
individuals…metaphorically life-and-death, to his financial future or
the way he wants to live his life, or quite literally life-and-death…are
increasingly grist for the political mill. And where that takes us is
that:

People who disagree with your agenda are “attacking” you or
“robbing” you. How commonly do you hear dissent described in precisely
those terms nowadays?

When the government controls everything, there is no constructive
relief valve for all this pent-up tension. It all boils down to a
“historic” election once every couple of years, upon whose outcome everything depends. They’re all going to be “historic” elections from now on. That’s not a good thing. (link)

I recently posted a piece speculating that the, for all intents and
purposes, deliberate flooding of the southern border with underage
illegals was going to be the president's metaphorical "A Bridge to Far".
Since then the backlash against the administration's massive spending
and diversion of resources for illegals has only grown.

Just because the MSM isn't covering it doesn't mean it isn't there.
State govenors and local mayors are openly telling ICE and Homeland
Securiy "Don't you dare dump them here". Even citizens in towns in the
bluest of blue states like Maryland, California and New York are coming
out and blocking buss loads of aliens and forcing them to turn back. A
story just emerged that officers of the Border Patrol threatened to
walk off the job if the Feds brought in Riot police to prevent
protesters from blocking busses in Murrieta California.

The reasons are as obvious as the nose on you face and are just as I
predicted they would be. It has nothing to do with racial animus or
lack of compassion. It has everything to do with TAXPAYERS being tired
of seeing their schools flooded with illegals, tired of seeing their
local hospitals emergency services flooded with freeloaders and in may
cases seeing them closed down because they can't afford to provide free
services to people here illegally and maintain all the other things
hospitals need to do on a daily basis.

On July 12 an Atlanta woman took away a carjacker's gun and shot him while he was "biting and grabbing her."

According to Opposing Views,
the woman got into her car and looked up to see suspect Sebastian
Fontana walking toward her "with a gun." She locked the doors, but
Fontana pointed the gun and told her to let him in.

She did so, and he said, "Now we're going to have some fun."
Before Fontana could do anything, however, he became "frustrated"
that the car was manual instead of automatic and put down his gun to
figure out how to operate the stick shift. At that point the woman
grabbed the gun and tried to exit the vehicle while the suspect bit and
grabbed her.

One of the greatest men in American history was born on this date
(July 13) in 1821 near the town of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, then
known as Bledsoe’s Lick.

It is said that a few years after the great American war of 1861—1865
an Englishman asked General R.E. Lee who was the greatest soldier
produced by the war. Lee answered readily: “A gentleman in Tennessee
whom I have never met. His name is Forrest.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Armed
Forces Radio Talk’s “Sandy Rios in the Morning,” Breitbart News’ Matthew
Boyle said that evidence of “8,300 vote irregularities” has been
discovered by Chris McDaniel’s campaign in its challenge to Sen. Thad
Cochran’s (R-MS) primary victory over McDaniel.

Artur Gasparyan, a 24-year-old native of Spitak, Armenia, was
recruited in Moscow in May to fight in eastern Ukraine. Now back in the
Russian capital, he spoke with Mumin Shakirov (see original in Russian here) in detail about his experiences.

You expressed interest in going to Ukraine on a forum on [the
social network] Vkontakte after you read about the fire in the Odessa
Trade Union Building, in which 42 pro-Moscow separatists died. What
happened next?

About 10 guys showed up at a meeting somewhere near VDNKh [the
All-Russian Exhibition Center in northern Moscow]. We spoke in the
entrance arch of a residential building there. A Slavic man in civilian
clothes who didn't give his name met with us.

First, he asked us whether we knew how to handle weapons. He warned
us that we would be going to [the eastern Ukrainian city of] Slovyansk,
that we were heading to certain death, that the punishment for looting
was execution on the spot—which, by the way, I saw was true several
times while I was in Ukraine. Two men immediately walked away.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Monday that would have
allowed specially trained teachers to carry concealed guns, asserting
that the move could jeopardize student safety in public schools.

The
veto by the Democratic governor sets up a potential showdown with the
Republican-led Legislature, which could override Nixon if it gets a
two-thirds vote of both chambers during a September session.

The NRA remains one of the most formidable forces in American political
life. But it is not bulletproof. Since the massacres in Aurora and
Newtown, states from New York and Maryland to Colorado and California
have made modest progress against the gun lobby, passing a raft of new
laws aimed at reducing gun violence. There are sharp lessons to be
learned from these victories, and even more important ones to be gleaned
from the playbook of the NRA itself. The seven strategies below can
empower gun-control advocates to stop bemoaning their helplessness, and
start carrying the day.

"The Skunk is equipped with 4 high-capacity paint ball barrels
releasing at up to 20 paint balls per second each, with 80 Pepper
balls per second stopping any crowd in its tracks. The current hopper
capacity of 4000 balls and with a High Pressure Carbon Fiber Air system
it allows for real stopping power. Bright strobe lights, Bright Eye Safe
Lasers and with on-board speakers enables communication and warnings to
the crowd."

>>Linux Rifle enables 1,000 yard bullseyes for everyone. Good article over at Ars Technica on it.

In his new full-length documentary film, “There’s No Place Like Utopia,”
Joel Gilbert found Peggy Joseph, the Florida voter who became infamous
during the 2008 presidential campaign for saying Barack Obama would “pay
for my gas and my mortgage.”

Surprisingly, some six years into the Obama presidency, Joseph has
turned against the president, disappointed that he did not deliver on
his “hope and change” campaign promises.

“Peggy reminded me of Dorothy from ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ who thought
the magical wizard would solve all her problems,” Gilbert told WND in an
interview.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.